Curtain-holder for buggy-tops.



, PATENTED JAN. 9, 1906. G. W. NOBLE & E. O. McHBNRY. GURTAIN'HOLDER FOR BUGGY TOPS.

Curtain-Holders for Buggy-'1 ops, of-which' curtain and holder therefor essential feature of this invention.

UNITED STATES PATENT oFFIoE.

CYRUS W. NOBLE AND EARL O. MGHENRY, OF HOYTVILLE, OHIO.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 9, 1906.

Application filed June 10, 1905. Serial No. 264,713,

To ctZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that we, CYRUS W. NOBLE and EARL O. MOHENRY, citizens of the United States, residing at Hoytville, in the county of Wood and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in the following is a specification.

This invention consists of a novel form. of particularly de signed for buggy-tops as a substitute for the usual form of curtains at present most com monly employed, the latter being unsightly, inconvenient for manipulation, and quickly worn out when subjected to any great degree of service. 7

The curtain comprising this invention is especially devised with a view to doing away with the disadvantages of the present forms of curtains, and the same also embodies a special form of holder designed to cooperate with the buggy-top so as to reinforce the bows when the top is in use, said holder be ing arranged for operation in such a way as to readily permit the carriage or buggy-top to be collapsed in the customary way.

For a fullfd'escription of the invention and the merits thereof and also to acquire a knowledge of the details of construction of the means for efiecting the result reference is to be had to the following description and accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a view showing the covering or awning of a carriage-top broken away to bring out clearly the arrangement of the curtain and holder therefor, which comprises the Fig. 2 is a transverse section showing one curtain as when in use, another as when out of use. Fig. 3 is a detail view of thecurtain and holder removed from the carriagetop.

Corresponding and like parts are referred to in the following description and indicated in all the views of the drawings by the same reference characters.

Specifically describing the invention and referring to the drawings, the numeral 1 designates a carriage or buggy top of a form similar to those in present use, and the numeral 2 indicates the bows of the topfront, intermediate, and rear bows being provided. Suitable braces 3 and 4 are used and are operated in the usual manner in collapsing the top 1. The curtains when arranged in accordance with the invention are disposed at the upper portion of the top 1 within the sides of the awning or covering of the top and upon the outer sides of the several bows 2 aforesaid. 'lhe diagonal braces 3 of the carriage-top are thus disposed exteriorly of the curtains, which are indicated at 5, while the bows are located upon the inner sides of the curtains 5, this being advantageous in that in stormy weather the bows 2 prevent the curtains from blowing inwardly, whereas the braces 3 effectively hold the curtains from outward-bellymg movement under the conditions above described.

Each curtain 5 is suitably attached to a roller 6, and this roller is adapted to be actuated by a spring which normally tends to turn the roller and roll the curtain thereupon. The roller 6 of each curtain 5 is mounted upon a holder which cons.sts of a bar 7, the rear end of which is curved laterally and thence forwardly, as shown at 8, the forwardly-curved portion being pivotally connected, as shown at 9, with the upper end portion of one side of the rear bow 2. The front of each bar 7 is threaded, so as to receive an engaging member 10, adapted to be screwed thereon and having a square head 11, which is designed to be engaged with a spring-catch 12, suitably fastened to a side of the front bow 2 of the carriage-top at the upper end of said bow. 'lhe catch 12 is formed with an opening to receive the head 11 of the member 10. Each of the bars 7 has a rod 13 arranged below the same and supported thereby, the rear end of said rod being loosely received in a recess formed in the rear curved portion 8 of the bar 7, the front extremity of the rod 13 to be screwed into the opening formed in an extension 14, projecting downwardly from the engaging member 10 at the front extremity of each bar 7. '1he rod 13 is des.gned to cooperate with hooks 15, carried by the lower end of each curtain 5 said hooks engaging with the rod, so as to hold the curmm from unwinding after the same has been rolled up upon the roller 6, so as to be out of the way. A suitable number of the hooks 15 are provided for each curtain, and at the lower portion of each curtain is also disposed a handle 16, which may be of somewhat U form, said handle being adapted to engage over catches 17 upon the outer side of each side of the seat 18 of the carriage. The handles 16 of the curtains will of course be engaged over the catches 17 when the curtains have been pulled downwardly in opbeing adapted erative position for use, and the spring tension upon the rollers 6 will be suflicient to hold the curtains taut under ordinary conditions.

The bars 7, being pivotally attached at their rear ends to the rear bows 2 and having detachable connection at their front ends with the front bows 2, are adapted to be lowered by pivotal movement after being disengaged from the catches 12. When said bars are in the horizontal positions assumed thereby when the carriage-top 1 is raised, they form braces between the front and rearmost of the bows, which reinforces the carriage-top in a manner which will be obvious. When it is desired to lower the carriage-top, how ever, the braces 3 and 4 are operated in the customary way after the engaging members 10 of the bars 7 have been disengaged from the catches 12 at the upper extremities of the sides of the front bow 2. When the members 10 are disengaged from the catches 12, the bars 7 may be lowered, the curtains 5 being of course rolled up, and it is designed that when the bars 7 are lowered the engaging members 10 may be engaged with suitable catches 19, which may be provided at the lower extremities of the sides of the rearmost bow 2. The bars 7 and the curtains 5, carried thereby when lowered, will be disposed in longitudinal alinement with the sides of the rear bow 2 of the carriage-top and will admit of crushing down the top in collapsing the same in a manner which is obvious.

It will be understood that the back of the carriage top" will have a suitable curtain mounted on a roller, carried by the sides of the rearmost bow 2 preferably, and the roller for the back curtain will be springactuated also, so as to be readily rolled up, as described with reference to the side curtains 5.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new is 1. In combination, a carriage-top embodying a plurality of bows, curtain-holders arranged at opposite sides of the top, each curtain-holder having permanent connection at one end with one of the bows of the top, the opposite end of each curtain-holder having detachable connection with another of the bows of the top, whereby said curtain-holders may be lowered, and curtains carried by said holders.

2. In combination, a carriage-top embodying a plurality of bows, a curtain-holder pivotally connected at one end with one how, and detachably connected at its other end with a second bow, and a curtain carried by said holder.

3. In combination, a carriage-top embodying front and rear bows, a curtain-holder pivoted at one end to the upper end portion of the rear bow, means for detachably connecting the front end of the curtain-holder with the upper portion of the front bow, and a curtain carried by said holder.

4. In combination, a carriage-top embodying front and rear bows, a curtain-holder arranged at the upper portion of the top and connected with said front and rear bows, means admitting of lowering and holding said curtain-holder in a lowered position, and a curtain carried by said holder.

5. In combination, a carriage-top embodying a plurality of bows, curtain-holders arranged at opposite sides of the top, each curtain-holder having pivotal connection with the upper end of a side of the rear bow, a catch at the upper end of each side of the front bow adapted to coact with the other end of the adjacent curtain-holder to hold the same in operative position, but admitting of lowering the holder to permit collapsing of the top, and catches arranged to engage ends of the curtainholders after the ried by said holders.

6. In combination, a carriage-top embodying a plurality of bows, a curtain-holder comprising a bar pivoted at one end to one bow and detachably connected at its opposite end to a second bow, a curtain-holder mounted upon said bar, and a curtain carried by said holder.

7. In combination, a carriage-top embodying front and rear bows, a curtain-holder comprising a bar pivoted at one end to the upper end portion of a side of the rear bow, means for detachably connecting the opposite end of said bar with the front bow, and

site end of the bar to the lower portion of the rear bow after said bar has been lowered.

In testimony whereof we affix our signatures in presence of two witnesses.

CYRUS W. NOBLE. [L. s.] EARL O. MoHENRY. [L. s.] WVitnesses:

JEssE FERGUSON, O. W. YANTIS.

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